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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by klodolph on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:31AM (#19869146)
One of the things about Chromebooks that make them different is no BIOS altogether, right?
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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by lima on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:32AM (#19869156)
They do have a (customized) UEFI BIOS based on CoreBoot.
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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by klodolph on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:39AM (#19869229)
CoreBoot, BIOS, and UEFI are alternatives to each other. While you might have firmware that has various compatibility modes, my understanding is that CoreBoot does not provide a BIOS interface at all, and you need the SeaBIOS payload if you want BIOS from CoreBoot.
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